Enel on Monday inaugurated the
worksite to expand its solar-energy gigafactory in the Sicilian
city of Catania to take its capacity up from the present 200
megawatts a year to three gigawatts by 2024.
The "TANGO", iTaliAN Giga factOry, project was among seven
initiatives selected for the first batch of financing via the
European Union's Innovation Fund for major works.
It won 118 million euros in funding, the maximum available.
"Here we are laying down a factory paradigm, with a planning
philosophy based on an Italian production chain that builds
plants which we want to replicate in Italy, in Europe and, why
not, around the world, to serve the European and global
solar-energy market," said Enel CEO Francesco Starace.
"Europe must install (facilities) for 50,000-60,000 megawatts in
the next few years and stabilize and reduce the cost of
electricity.
"We want to be lead players and building panels with advanced
technology is one of the steps".
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